title: Critical lower limb ischemia from an embolized Angio-Seal closure device.
abstract: Vascular closure devices were introduced in the early 1990s in an effort to reduce time to hemostasis, enable early ambulation, and improve the comfort of patients undergoing femoral artery access for endovascular procedures. Many of these devices leave a foreign component in or around the artery, which can lead to complications such as hematoma, pseudoaneurysm, infection, or limb ischemia. Here we present a case where device embolization led to arterial occlusion and critical limb ischemia.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine (Cianci, Kowal, Feghali, Stoler, Choi), and the Department of Vascular Surgery (Hohmann), Baylor Heart and Vascular Hospital and Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cianci
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Kowal
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Feghali
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hohmann
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Stoler
authors.forename: James W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Choi